Higbee held tough with the defending state champion La Plata Lady Dogs before La Plata poured on with eight runs over the fifth and sixth innings in a 10-4 victory.
Kiersten Rockett scored on a fielder’s choice in the top of the first for Higbee then the Lady Dogs responded in the bottom half with an RBI double by Layne Mack. Logan Hall put La Plata up in the second with an RBI double. The 2-1 score held until Lauren Spillman knotted things even in the fifth.
Mack put the Lady Dogs back up with an RBI double in the bottom half then scored on an RBI single by Kohyn Wood. La Plata built extra breathing room with a five-run sixth inning. Mack again provided a clutch hit.
Mack also earned the win, tossing four innings in relief and giving up three runs, one earned, two hits, two walks and she struck out five. Rockett took the loss for Higbee and at one point retired nine straight. The Lady Tigers fall to 2-1 while La Plata moves to 2-0.
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